Skate



Sept. 3, 1929.

c. H. OESTRICK 1,726,579

SKATE Filed March 24, 1927 Z INVENTOR. cfirk' M OeaTra'ck 0 A TTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 3, 1929 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. OES'IRICK, OF FERNDALE, MICHIGAN.

SKATE.

Application filed March 24, 1927. Serial No. 177,882.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a skate and has for its ob ect simplicity and durability of structure andmaximum efliciency when in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a skate having a runner engaging at a maximum portion with supporting memhers which extend upwardly from the shoe engaging portion.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention attached to a shoe.

2 is a central longitudinal vertical sectional view of the invention attached to a shoe shown in fragment.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings I have illustrated a shoe 7 to which the skate is attached. The runner 8 of the skate is provided with upwardly extending supports 9 and 10. The support 9 at its upper end is flared outwardly to provide the attachment plate 11 which is secured by the rivets 12 to the sole 13 of the shoe. A similar attachment plate 14 is mounted on the upper end of the support 10 and secured to the heel 15 of the shoe b means of the rivets 16. It will be noted, as 0 early appears from Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, that the upper end of the supports 9 and 10 are narrower than the lower ends 9 and 10 respectively. Furthermore, these supports 9 and 10 are secured directly to the runner 8 so that the use of a clamping tube or other attachment is unnecessary as the supports 9 and 10 can be permanently secured to the runner 8 in a sufficiently durable manner. By having the'lower portion of the supports 9 and 10 of greater width than the upper portion, a greater portion of the runner 8 is secured to the supports. By having the attaching plate mounted on the supports sufiicient area of the sole and the heel of the shoe is engaged to relieve the wearer from any unnecessary pressure at that particular point. The greater width of the supports at the bottom prevents undue twisting or breaking of the runner from the supports, and by having the lower portion of greater width it becomes possible to attach the support directly to the runner without the employment of a tube or other clamping mechanism.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of my invention I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A skate of the class described adapted for attachment to a shoe, comprising: a runner; tubular supports projecting upwardly from said runner and integral therewith, a plate carried on the upper end of said supports for attachment to said shoe, the lower end of said supports being of greater width than the upper end.

2. A skate of the class described adapted for attachment to a shoe, comprising: a runner; tubular supports projecting upwardly from and integral with said runner and converging toward their upper end; and an attachment plate carried on the upper end of elach of said supports for attachment to said s me.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

CHARLES H. OESTRICK. 

